The Federal Commission for Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases is planning the establishment of dedicated squads to visit individuals addicted to crack and offer them medical and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Days after police stormed one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous shantytowns to seize back territory long held by a powerful drug dealing organization, city health and welfare ...

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The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, has called on the government to step in to save an experimental programme to treat ...

A leading addiction treatment centre has expressed shock at the increase in people needing treatment for crack cocaine use, saying they account for a quarter of all cocaine users now. According to ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When night falls, street crack marketplaces open for business. The gritty transactions of the drug trade take over in city neighbourhoods that hum with legitimate commerce by day ...

The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s was met with demonization, mass incarceration and dehumanization of Black crack addicts. The opioid epidemic of today is being met with empathy, understanding ...